Question

Turn the following dialogue into Indirect Speech:

1. “Mother,” said he, while the Great Face smiled on him, “I wish that it could speak, for it looks so very kindly that its voice must indeed be pleasant. If I ever see a man with
such a face, I should love him very much.”

2. “If an old prophecy should come to pass,” answered his mother, “we may see a man some time, with exactly such a face as that.”

“What prophecy do you mean, dear Mother ?” eagerly inquired Ernest. “Please tell me about it.”

Answer 1

1. while the Great Face smiled on him, he told his mother that he wished that it could speak, for it looked so very kindly that its voice must indeed be pleasant. Then he added that If he ever saw a man with such a face, he should love him very much.

2. His mother answered that If an old prophecy should come to pass, they might see a man some time, with exactly such a face as that.

Then Ernest asked her curiously what prophecy she meant. And he eagerly inquired of his mother requesting her to tell him about it.